# Bb's Wish List (Sept 96)

"Richard Connamacher" (phantom@sfsu.edu)
Mon, 16 Sep 1996 11:33:17 PDT

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    >Ok, here's my latest wish list for the server:
    >
    > - connected_seconds() should return the number of seconds a
    not-yet-connected
    >   player object as been connected.  I don't see why idle_seconds() should
    work
    >   and connected_seconds() shouldn't.  This can be very useful in this
    dayof
    >   using MOO to handle strange and miraculous network utilities.

    I agree.

    > - connection_object(OBJ player) should, for an object which has an active
    >   network connection, return the listening object through which that
    object
    >   is connected.  If foo (#234) is connected, I'd like to know if foo came
    in
    >   through $login or $httpd or wherever -- so, for example, I can throw
    the
    >   right kind of text his way in $handle_uncaught_error.

    It says what port the connection came in through in connection_name.
    Though, I do think that it a bf like connection_info() that returns a list
    would be more useful than connection_name().

    > - I'd like to see a -v command-line option added which just outputs
    thesame
    >   data as server_version() does.  (I only have, like, a dozen
    mooexecutables
    >   lying around, it would be nice to be able instantly to know their
    versions.)

    Cool idea, and should be very trivial to impliment.

    > - (This is a rehash of a long-ago suggestion.)  It would be nice if the
    MOO's
    >   database dump was in gzip format.  It could be compressed at dump and
    >   decompressed during startup, but in any case it would automatically be
    >   smaller and yet it would still be hand-editable for those of us who
    dothat.
    >   (Maybe this could be a compile-time option?  The server should IMO read
    >   compressed or uncompressed DBs.)

    Interesting idea, though it would put more overhead on the server during
    dump time, which is the last place where I want to put more overhead on the
    server.  I'm happy just sticking to compressing the old databases.

    Phantom